Worst film you've ever seen.
K1100T:
professorhat:
Eh...? You mean you actually liked it...?
Cheers,
An intellectual powerhouse.
I can't quite believe The Happening hasn't come up on here yet. It's one of those films so breathtakingly bad that you can't quite beleive that no one stepped up during the shoot and just said ' Dude, seriously...'
The script is ninety percent exposition and ten percent bewildering references to Tiramisu, and while a lot of reviewers have focussed on the embarrassing scene in which Mark Wahlberg explains the plot to a plastic pot plant that manages to out perform him, I'm even more stupefied by the scene in which he stares down the camera and explains the plot to himself in a display so appalling it can only be termed negative-acting. Every second of the scene stank so badly it negated a previous good performance. Seriously, go rent Boogie Nights, I bet you Mark Wahlberg isn't in it any more.
Jamie Ewbank:I can't quite believe The Happening hasn't come up on here yet. It's one of those films so breathtakingly bad that you can't quite beleive that no one stepped up during the shoot and just said ' Dude, seriously...'
The script is ninety percent exposition and ten percent bewildering references to Tiramisu, and while a lot of reviewers have focussed on the embarrassing scene in which Mark Wahlberg explains the plot to a plastic pot plant that manages to out perform him, I'm even more stupefied by the scene in which he stares down the camera and explains the plot to himself in a display so appalling it can only be termed negative-acting. Every second of the scene stank so badly it negated a previous good performance. Seriously, go rent Boogie Nights, I bet you Mark Wahlberg isn't in it any more.
Agree totally. I thought the first 10 minutes or so were creepy (the builders throwing themselves off the building was quality), but the rest of the film was awful. I've enjoyed all of M Night Shamalan's films up to this point, even unpopular ones like 'The Village' and 'Lady in the Water', but 'The Happening' blew big time.
My OH thinks The Swimmer was strange and pointless !
Which echoes my sentiments for Eraser Head......pretentious b*++%$ks rubbish
Dragon Wars. Do not see it, you may die of utter confusion and complete boredom.
Big Chris:
Jamie Ewbank:I can't quite believe The Happening hasn't come up on here yet. It's one of those films so breathtakingly bad that you can't quite beleive that no one stepped up during the shoot and just said ' Dude, seriously...'
The script is ninety percent exposition and ten percent bewildering references to Tiramisu, and while a lot of reviewers have focussed on the embarrassing scene in which Mark Wahlberg explains the plot to a plastic pot plant that manages to out perform him, I'm even more stupefied by the scene in which he stares down the camera and explains the plot to himself in a display so appalling it can only be termed negative-acting. Every second of the scene stank so badly it negated a previous good performance. Seriously, go rent Boogie Nights, I bet you Mark Wahlberg isn't in it any more.
Agree totally. I thought the first 10 minutes or so were creepy (the builders throwing themselves off the building was quality), but the rest of the film was awful. I've enjoyed all of M Night Shamalan's films up to this point, even unpopular ones like 'The Village' and 'Lady in the Water', but 'The Happening' blew big time.
Bit late but rented it a few days ago, as i was curious after seeing trailers and so ammused by mark kermode's review i had to give it a go.
i cant add anything tho, you've both summed it up to a tee. Awful.
Oh, and the Sleuth remake. And not compared to the original as ive not seen it. no, it was rubbish in its own right!
I watched Wanted last night. I think it's another contender for worst film of 2008.
Got to be 300. I dont even know what happens in it as I gave it about 10 mins and turned it off. Even HD couldnt save it... 
Weird. I think 300 is great.
'Ghosts of Mars' was on the other night.......Truly awful.
God knows; too many to be true. Often the ones which make me cringe are the ones where they employ an actor who can't do a good or at least even REMOTELY believeable Scottish accent. I hear Simon Pegg is next in my sights due to his supposedly woeful attempt at Scotty's in the Star Trek "prequel" movie out next year. A shame really as I really like Simon Pegg.
Most recently though, 28 Weeks Later was enjoyable fun, but blew the suspension of disbelief out the window halfway through the film when supposedly in Regents Park the survivors are told to get up to Wembley and a rescue helicopter waiting for them "in an hour". This when London was a completely inaccessible, destroyed, wasteland full of very angry, raging people. Some might say, "what's different from the real thing?", but you get the idea!
the record spot:God knows; too many to be true. Often the ones which make me cringe are the ones where they employ an actor who can't do a good or at least even REMOTELY believeable Scottish accent.
Aaah.......The opposite of the Sean Connery syndrome. He plays an Arab (The Wind & The Lion), and a Spaniard (Highlander), An Irish cop (The Untouchables). And sounds as Scottish as he always does.
I was going to say that he doesn't pretend to be something he's not. Till it fast dawned on me that he's an actor...doh! 
"A Bridge Too Far", i just waste my money for this bad movie..
Clare Newsome:
FrankHarveyHiFi:Crash (Cronenberg) - Why?
Because I think - judging by his output over the years - that Mr C has some "issues" he needs to work through....
Like him or loathe him, David Cronenberg is a serious artist, and is not just making films for pure entertainment or to make himself rich (he did, after all, turn down both Beverly Hills Cop and Seven).
I feel you may be confusing him with his work. After all, judged by their output, a lot of other film makers would seem to have "issues" (e.g. Martin Scorsese may be a vicious killer, Tarantino a foul mouthed, bloodthirsty crook (well, the first part could be true!), David Fincher could be a would-be serial killer, George Lucas is extremely childish, the director of American Pie is a dirty-minded moron, etc etc).
It could also be argued that DC is working through his issues via his films.
Anyway, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned any of Hershell Gordon Lewis' trash classics - Color Me Blood Red makes Plan 9 From Outer Space look competent!
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